jdtoronto wrote:
Text::CSV_XS has been the most reliable I have found. It is flexible and so far I haven't found a 'CSV' file I cannot handle.
Well I certainly have, though I don't remember what the difficulties were in detail now (I think it was something like the "csv" file had spaces after the commas -- the trouble with csv is that there is no standard for it but defacto standards).

I've heard that DBD::AnyData with trim=>1 can deal with spaces after commas, but I haven't tried it myself.

With Text::CSV_XS, you almost certainly want to use the "binary" option. Otherwise you'll have problems with values that have extended characters or embedded newlines.

DBD::CSV uses Text::CSV_XS internally, so if Text::CSV_XS (with binary on) is no good, don't expect DBI::CSV to do any better. If I remember right, there's something a little screwy with the way DBD::CSV converts the header row into database column names (e.g. you may have trouble if there are spaces in your column descriptions). Either fix-up the first row of your csv file manually, or look for a way to tell it what names of the columns will be over-riding the header row (as I remember it, there *is* a way, though I don't see it in the man page at the moment).

You should take a look at this: dbi_dealing_with_csv

In reply to Re^2: Best method to load a csv file. by doom
in thread Best method to load a csv file. by samgold

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